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Haha, I thought the biting thing came naturally  Oh well
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Eggplants aren`t vegtables they`re really fruits.
You can start a fire with ice.
Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!
The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning!
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08-31-2009 at 10:11 AM
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Haha is his name rocky? My cat's name is rocky. I just got a new cat, his name is Fuzzy (my little sister picked it ).
And ya I was going to say the same thing about the dog biting
Interesting Fact: Polar bears are left handed. |
Ya, his name is Rocky. XD I named him when I was 10 years old, haha. Give me some credit. At least I didn't give him a human name, lol.
I don't know how scientists would determine the left-handedness. Sooo weird. And kind of a waste of money. XD
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You can start a fire with ice.
Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!
The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning!
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[email protected] the stuff in bold.
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I need to start buying me some peanut butter. XD
Oh wait. Is the fire and ice thing simply using the ice as a sort of magnifying glass and keeping the water from leaking onto whatever you're trying to burn?
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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08-31-2009 at 10:16 AM
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I don't know how scientists would determine the left-handedness. Sooo weird. And kind of a waste of money. XD
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As a science student, I have to say that the pursuit of knowledge is never a waste of money.
Without reading the studies, I would think that a "hand"preference would be determined by having many many polar bears play with a ball, or a fish, or complete some task over and over again until enough bears had performed the task enough times to show a statistically significant preference for one paw over the other.
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08-31-2009 at 10:19 AM
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As a science student, I have to say that the pursuit of knowledge is never a waste of money.
Without reading the studies, I would think that a "hand"preference would be determined by having many many polar bears play with a ball, or a fish, or complete some task over and over again until enough bears had performed the task enough times to show a statistically significant preference for one paw over the other.
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Trueeee. I just woke up. I don't think my brain is working yet. XD Just as a side note, how cute would it be to get to watch a polar bear play with a ball? 
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08-31-2009 at 10:33 AM
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Trueeee. I just woke up. I don't think my brain is working yet. XD Just as a side note, how cute would it be to get to watch a polar bear play with a ball? |
I don't understand how something that can/will eat your face is cute.
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08-31-2009 at 10:37 AM
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I don't understand how something that can/will eat your face is cute.
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Because all animals are beautiful. :O
Plus, he's not eating your face, he'd be pawing at a ball!
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Because all animals are beautiful. :O
Plus, he's not eating your face, he'd be pawing at a ball! |
Don't get me wrong....That would be fun to watch. On TV. But I would never be a scientist studying that. I enjoy having my limbs attached :p
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08-31-2009 at 11:02 AM
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You can start a fire with ice.
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saw this in a movie back in gr.9 geography
cant remember the movie
but wot u do is make a lens out of the ice and use it as a magnifying glass to burn grass using the sun
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08-31-2009 at 11:05 AM
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I don't understand how something that can/will eat your face is cute.
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That's why you have to always carry a glass bottle of coke. They just love the stuff XD
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Ya, his name is Rocky. XD I named him when I was 10 years old, haha. Give me some credit. At least I didn't give him a human name, lol. |
Rocky Balboa haha 
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Haha, I thought the biting thing came naturally Oh well
Facts:
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Eggplants aren`t vegtables they`re really fruits.
You can start a fire with ice.
Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!
The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning! |
I like the peanut butter one, now tell me how
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I like the peanut butter one, now tell me how |
That was busted in Mythbusters XD
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That was busted in Mythbusters XD
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LOVE Mythbusters
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That was busted in Mythbusters XD
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-T...ds-58748.shtml
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That was busted in Mythbusters XD
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Hahaha good I like peanut butter, I wouldn't want it to be taken away from me just for some stupid diamonds XD
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